Date of Award
Spring 5-2023
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Teaching & Learning
Program/Concentration
Curriculum and Instruction
Committee Director
Jori Beck
Committee Director
Helen Crompton
Committee Member
Justin Haegele
Committee Member
John Baaki
Abstract
Technology is utilized in everyday life. As such, teachers can employ educational robots and technology to assist in growing skills in collaboration, communication, computational thinking, and problem-solving. Educational robots also appear to increase engagement and motivation in students to participate in lessons. This study employed design-based research (DBR) to explore the use of Ozobots in teaching character traits in a fourth-grade classroom. Together with fourth-grade teachers, a set of lessons was created that employed Ozobots to engage students in learning character traits. Two technology integration frameworks, technological pedagogical and content knowledge (TPACK) and Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition (SAMR), were incorporated to ensure that the technology integration lessons were developed with structure and intent. Through the DBR study, findings showed that educators could utilize Ozobots to support teaching character traits through instructional lessons. The lessons can be modified for additional grade levels depending on student needs. Implications for future studies include more research on how Ozobots and other educational robots may be suitable to help with reading and writing skills.
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DOI
10.25777/6s1v-hx47
ISBN
9798379738716
Recommended Citation
Eure, Kimberly D..
"Using Ozobots to Learn Character Traits"
(2023). Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Dissertation, Teaching & Learning, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/6s1v-hx47
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/teachinglearning_etds/81
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